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RESERVED A100 40GB

NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM4

The A100 40GB is the budget reserved option for workloads that fit in 40GB. The cheapest data-center-grade reserved tier on the network — competitive on cost per delivered TFLOP for Ampere-class workloads when the 40GB envelope is sufficient.

AVAILABLE TERM LENGTH
1MO3MO6MO12MO24MO36MO

All term lengths available. A100 40GB is many providers' entry-tier data-center reserved offering, with deep multi-region availability and short provisioning windows.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RESERVED
VRAM
40 GB HBM2e
MEMORY BANDWIDTH
1.56 TB/s
FP 16 TENSOR
312 TFLOPS (sparse)
FP 8 TENSOR
Not supported
TDP
350W
FORM FACTOR
400W
INTERCONNECT
SXM4
ARCHITECTURE
NVLink 3.0 / NVSwitch (600 GB/s)
Partner Network

AGGREGATED ACROSS
LEADING NEOCLOUDS

Compute Exchange aggregates reserved capacity from a verified network of leading AI-native cloud providers and hyperscalers. All partners undergo identity, capacity, SLA, and operational verification before quotes surface on the network.

You receive a normalized comparison across providers in a single quote response — rather than evaluating each neocloud's contract structure, billing model, and SLA terms in isolation.

WORKLOAD FIT

RESERVED A100 40GB
USE CASES

Inference for sub-30B models
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning
Dev and test environments
Academic and research workloads
WHY RESERVE

RESERVED A100 40GB
VS ON-DEMAND

A100 40GB reserved is the cheapest path to data-center-grade GPU compute on the reserved market in 2026. Predictable inference workloads under 30B parameters, dev and test environments, and academic research consistently make reserved A100 40GB a better economic choice than on-demand alternatives.

Frequently Asked Questions

RESERVED A100 40GB
KEY QUESTIONS

What term lengths are available for A100 40GB?+
Compute Exchange aggregates A100 40GB reserved capacity across 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36-month terms. Most providers carry A100 40GB as their entry-tier data-center offering with deep multi-region availability — reserved 12-month commitments are typically secured within days at competitive rates.
When does 40GB of memory become limiting on reserved capacity?+
Inference for models above roughly 30 billion parameters or fine-tuning above 13B parameters typically overflows 40GB once activation memory and KV-cache are accounted for. For workloads comfortably under those thresholds, the A100 40GB delivers identical compute to the 80GB variant at meaningfully lower reserved cost.
Is A100 40GB reserved supply abundant in 2026?+
Yes. Many providers carry A100 40GB as their entry-tier data-center offering, with deep multi-region availability and short provisioning windows across all term lengths. Long-term commits remain straightforward to secure across US, EU, and APAC.
When should I choose A100 80GB reserved over A100 40GB?+
Whenever your workloads might grow into 40GB headroom — model size increases, longer context windows, larger batch sizes. For pure dev, test, or stable production under 30B, the 40GB variant is the better economic choice; otherwise the 80GB headroom is worth the premium.
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